LITTLE ROCK - Little Rock baseball is back at home for the first leg of a home-at-home matchup against Louisiana Tech on Tuesday, March 13 at 4 p.m. at
Gary Hogan Field. It is the first of two meetings between the two schools, the second of which will take place April 4 in Ruston, Louisiana.
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Trojans To Watch For:
When runs have been needed,
Troy Alexander has been the Trojan to call on. Alexander has produced a team-high 20 RBIs on the year, which ranks tied for 32nd nationally. He is hitting a team high .391 at the plate with 44 total bases on the year (26th nationally), with many of those bases coming off doubles, ranking 25th nationally with seven.
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On the mound for the Trojans will be
Ethan Daily for his second start on the year and his first appearance at
Gary Hogan Field. His last start was against ninth-ranked Ole Miss on March 7 where he threw 2.0 innings and only allowed one hit with no runs and struck out two. On the year he has a 3.00 ERA in the four appearances he's made while getting pitching a total of three innings.
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In the bullpen,
Justin Garcia is sitting tied for fourth in the nation with a strikeout per nine innings average of 16.74. He has a total of 31 strikeouts in only 16.2 innings pitched and had nine appearances he has had on the year.
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Scouting LA Tech:
The Bulldogs (12-5) head to Little Rock on a five-game wining streak and have won seven of eight in the month of March. In that stretch they defeated Sun Belt west division leaders ULM, shutting out them 7-0 in Monroe, while also defeating eighth-ranked Texas A&M 4-2 in the Frisco College Baseball Classic.
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Louisiana Tech has seven players hitting over .280 and five of those players are hitting over .310.
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On the mound for the Bulldogs will be David Leal who is 2-0 on the year in three starts. He has an ERA of 0.46 off of the 21.2 innings pitched, giving up just 10 hits and holding opponents to a .146 average. He is also a strike thrower getting 26 strikeouts total and only walking two batters.
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Series Against LA Tech:
In the 68 meetings against the Bulldogs, Louisiana Tech holds a 44-24 edge in the all-time series, winning both games of last year's home-and-home series. The Bulldogs have won eight of the last 10 against the Trojans with Little Rock's last victory coming in a three-game sweep in 2014. Â
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Last Time Out:
The Trojans claimed another series win against the Memphis Tigers this past weekend, taking two of three. It was a very up and down series for Little Rock after giving up an early 5-0 to fall in game one of a Friday doubleheader 10-6. They would bounce back in game two from a 4-1 deficit with a four-run eighth inning to claim the win 6-5 before taking a 4-1 win to close out the series behind the pitching of
Cole Townsend who is now 3-0 on the year.
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Promotions:
Tuesday's promotion the Business Person Special in appreciation to the workforce of the community. Anyone who shows up with their work ID will receive $4 admission into the game.
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On Deck:
Little Rock will open conference play this weekend in Troy, Alabama with a three-series against Troy starting on Friday at 6 p.m. at Ripple-Pace Field. Play will continue with game two on Saturday at 3 p.m. followed by a game three on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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